Managing Mildew in the Organic Garden by Site Manager Alysha Punnett
August 17, 2017
Posted in Blog, News, Organic Gardening
Category: Blog
Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi Composting Videos by the City of Vancouver
August 17, 2017
Posted in Blog, News, Organic Gardening
New Factsheet: #17 Understanding Compostable Plastics
July 12, 2017
#17 Understanding Compostable Plastics
Posted in Announcement, Blog, Composting, Fact Sheet, Waste DiversionOrganic Pest Management by Alysha Punnett
July 6, 2017
Alysha Punnett wrote an excellent article published in the Village Vibe about organic pest management. Check it out here!
Posted in Announcement, Blog, News, Organic GardeningFall Organic Plant Sale: Saturday August 26 @ 10AM
June 29, 2017
Posted in Announcement, Blog, Events, News, Organic Gardening
Bubbles and Bees: June 24th from 12-3pm at the CEC
June 7, 2017
Bubbles and Bees is the Compost Education Centre’s 25th Anniversary party, so come on down and help us celebrate 25 years of composting and conservation education!
Discover how the Compost Education Centre has evolved over a quarter of a century during our open-house style, family friendly, free event, which will feature musical entertainment, face painting and local wine and beer sampling by donation.
Posted in Announcement, Blog, Events, News2017 Applications Closed: Healing City Soils
June 7, 2017
Thank you for your interest in Healing City Soils, the next round of applications will be open in early 2018.
Posted in Blog, Featured, Healing City Soils, News, Partnerships
Compost Ad Challenge: snap, enter, win
May 17, 2017
Get ready to see the see the Compost Education Centre’s message rolling by you soon! Our message of composting and conservation will be advertised on the side of BC Transit buses in Victoria during the month of May. To celebrate our mobile messaging, we’re running a photo contest. Keep you eyes peeled (heh heh) for our ad on a bus when you’re walking, cycling, or driving by and then (carefully) take a photo or a selfie with the location and bus number and submit it to us. Each entry will be entered into a draw to win a $100 Whole Foods gift card.
Posted in Announcement, Blog, News
Last Chance Green Cone!
May 17, 2017
Due to manufacturing price increases, our Green Cone Digester price will rise on June 1st to $180.00. We currently have 20 Green Cones in stock at our old price, $165.00, or for members, $148.50 so get ’em while you can!
Thank you so much for your continued to support of the CEC and for your understanding, please feel free to email us at office@compost.bc.ca, if you have any questions.
Posted in Announcement, Blog, Composting, News, Retail, Waste Diversion
New Factsheet: #16, Rainwater Harvesting
May 5, 2017
Spring is the perfect time to be thinking about the best ways to conserve water for the dry summer months. To assist you in ideas around how to construct efficient systems that store our abundance of spring and fall rain, the CEC has created a new factsheet that spans a range of rainwater harvesting systems, from cisterns, to rain gardens, to bioswales. #16 Rainwater Harvesting Factsheet
Posted in Announcement, Blog, Fact Sheet, Featured